EP 1504479 B1 20130508 - APPARATUS FOR VAPORIZING A FLUID
Title (en)
APPARATUS FOR VAPORIZING A FLUID
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNG ZUR VERDAMPFUNG EINES FLUIDS
Title (fr)
APPAREIL POUR VAPORISER UN FLUIDE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0315082 W 20030513
- US 14553102 A 20020514
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2003215679A1] A vaporizer, a fuel cell system including the vaporizer, and a method of vaporizing fuel in a fuel cell system are disclosed. The fuel cell system includes a fuel reservoir (24) for storing a liquid fuel and a fuel cell (10) for consuming a fuel and generating electricity therefrom. A fuel vaporizer (28) is interposed between the fuel reservoir (24) and the fuel cell (10) for receiving liquid fuel and vaporizing it and delivering it ultimately to the fuel cell (10). The fuel vaporizer (28) includes a heat exchanger which includes a hot fluid inlet (65), a hot fluid outlet (67) and a core (50) interconnecting the inlet (65) and the outlet (68). The core (50) has alternating fuel flow structures (68) and hot fluid structures (69) with the fuel flow structures (68,69) having an inlet (56) and an outlet (58).
IPC 8 full level
C01B 3/38 (2006.01); H01M 8/00 (2006.01); B01B 1/00 (2006.01); F28D 9/00 (2006.01); F28F 3/08 (2006.01); F28F 13/08 (2006.01); H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 8/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
F28D 9/005 (2013.01 - EP US); F28F 3/086 (2013.01 - EP US); F28F 13/08 (2013.01 - EP US); H01M 8/0618 (2013.01 - EP US); H01M 8/0625 (2013.01 - EP US); F28D 2021/0043 (2013.01 - EP US); H01M 8/04208 (2013.01 - EP US); H01M 8/0668 (2013.01 - EP US); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01 - EP)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 2003215679 A1 20031120; US 6953009 B2 20051011; AU 2003237843 A1 20031202; BR 0309698 A 20050628; CN 1652851 A 20050810; EP 1504479 A2 20050209; EP 1504479 B1 20130508; JP 2005531105 A 20051013; MX PA04011192 A 20050214; RU 2004136292 A 20050610; WO 03098725 A2 20031127; WO 03098725 A3 20041209
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 14553102 A 20020514; AU 2003237843 A 20030513; BR 0309698 A 20030513; CN 03810536 A 20030513; EP 03736602 A 20030513; JP 2004506113 A 20030513; MX PA04011192 A 20030513; RU 2004136292 A 20030513; US 0315082 W 20030513